Your Nov. 19 article, “County extends inflation adjustment for fuel tax,” indicates that gasoline is taxed at 78.2 cents per gallon, according to MJ Maynard-Carey, CEO of the Regional Transportation Commission. The federal government collects 18.4 cents, Nevada collects 24.1 cents, Clark County takes 9.5 cents and 26.2 cents goes to the RTC. Clark County Commission Chair Tick Segerblom said in the article that he thinks it’s a perfect tax because the people who use the roads are paying for the roads.

I don’t disagree with his statement, but I would like to suggest that perhaps the commission look into an equitable method to charge the folks driving electric vehicles and hybrids so they also pay a comparable rate when they use the roads.

Nevada does not currently have a special electric v

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